Graphic China: Global City Comparison
April 18th, 2008 | by This is China! |I mentioned this before in a previous article, but I still crack up when I think of what an Indian friend of mine said to me recently. We were talking about how fast China has been developing its industries when he wise-cracked: “India could do with twenty years of no democracy; then just put it back in place when everything is done.” He’s been the General Manager of a British factory here in China for a couple years now, so he has some sense of what the Chinese government is on about with its economic development planning.
An IDC forecast bears out his tongue-in-cheek rumination:
“IDC forecasts that Chinese cities will overtake Indian cities by 2011 due to massive investments made ( e.g. infrastructure, English language, Internet connections, technical skills, etc) which are favorable towards offshoring.”
Here’s a snapshot from the IDC website of city standings globally:
One Response to “Graphic China: Global City Comparison”
By Bill on Apr 18, 2008 | Reply
China will have better, faster infrastructure money can buy. I can also believe that China will have more “certified”, “graduated” IT workers than India, but not “trained” workers. If you have worked with Chinese “certified”, “graduated” workers you will know why. Indians do their best. Chinese do enough. Indians chat about work and projects. Chinese talk about parties and singers.